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Webster 1913 Edition

(k?m′brans)

Noun.

Encumbrance.

[Obs.]

Extol not riches then, the toil of fools,
The wise man’s

cumbrance

, if not snare.

Milton.

Noun.

That which obstructs, retards, or renders motion or action difficult and toilsome; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; oppressive load; embarrassment.

cumbrance ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cumbrances)

(obsolete) encumbrance
- Milton
  Extol not riches then, the toil of fools,
  The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare.